28.Mama Bear.

[[28.Mama Bear.]]

[[3rd Person's POV]]

With Marinette's unexpected appearance, most of the Dupont students were in a festive mood. A lot of them were happy, especially since they not only got back with their friend, but also were given a chance to do something right for her. Not only just for their guilt, but Marinette just deserved better than kids trying to be ignorant of their friend's pain.

Anyway, with Marinette now part of the equation, things had gone a bit rowdy, but fortunately for them, the other people in the area understood that this was a precious moment for them and had kindly given them space, with some of them watching on in interest.

"It is truly wonderful to meet you again, Marinette." Kagami, Marinette's old rival in love, serenely stated before taking a curious bite out of her Crispy pata, which were ham cocks(pork knuckles) that were simmered, drained and deep fried to the crisp. And, after she got to taste the crispy food, Kagami nodded in wonder, excited for the new food.

"Well, it's nice too meet al-...it's nice most of you again." Marinette, who stopped herself from saying "all" as she caught a glance at liar, corrected herself. Even though she was an absolute ray of sunshine, people still had their limits. And Marinette's limit, is one Lila Rossi.

The students surrounding her noticed her stutter, and they understood what she meant.

"After what °they° did to you? Like hell you'd miss them! Heck! I didn't even here any of them try to apologize for everything they did! They °know° Marinette. They know that what they did was out of line, buy thet still couldn't even give even a half-hearted apology!" From the other side of the table, Aurore Beauréal nearly shouted her words as she gave Miss Bustier's class -Chloé and Sabrina not included since they were in their table- an accusing glare. Miss Bustier's class were the ones who bullied Marinette over a girl's lies -who they still kept on believing in even after a lot of the students outside of their class tried to disapprove Lila's claims. Everyone who told Lila was a liar and had sufficient evidence of said lies were all brushed off. Truly, Miss Bustier's class were selectively-retarded.-, but they, the bystanders, were ready to work their ass off to right their wrong with their friend!

"Mmm." Hearing how angry her friend was for her, Marinette felt that giving them a second chance was definitely worth it.

"I still think that Max actually has a twin who's a super-scientist and is hiding somewhere in the world and just occasionally gifts Max a drug that temporarily makes him smarter." Jean Duparc, an awkward boy who dreams to be a magician, stated in a dry ton as he tried looking for the the robot, Markov, only to be reminded that the robot was left in Paris.

"You're probably right. And, let me ask you all this, is Mylène actually who we think she is? Or is she an super-actress and is posing as the overly scared girl she currently is?" A girl with black hair, Mireille, asked the students in the table in a steady gaze. Since one of her friends had started giving out their conspiracy theories, she started to share her own.

Afterwards, while they conversed as they ate and marveled at the Filipino food, Kagami asked a question that caused the nearby students to quiet down, as they, too, were curious.

"Where are your adoptive parents?" The Japanese girl asked after she finished her meal, satisfied with the crunchy pork she just ate. And, the question she had just asked was one that had been niggling in her mind since some time ago.

Then, hearing the question that she had expected since earlier, Marinette took a sip from her water before answering.

"Adoptive mother only, actually. And she's somewhere lurking about. She's quite overprotective, always wanting to make sure I'm safe." Marinette stated in a playful tone, knowing that she was understating this fact and leaving some of the truth out. But, in reality, not even Marinette knows the full length of have "Overprotective" her maman could get.

"Oh? Well...is it too personal to ask why?..." Sabrina, who was beside Chloé, who was beside Marinette, asked in a careful voice. The "dog" didn't really want to offend her "master's" girlfriend.

"No, no. Maman wasn't the type to be in a long-term relationship, like marriage. But she didn't want to grow old lonely, so she tried to for adoption, then, somehow, she found me." The human shaped sunshine relayed the story her maman had given her if someone ever asked the question. She didn't really want to lie, but this was supernatural/magic related, and normal humans can't know of it. Marinette had already been informed that the Kwami's were allowed to "roam" around and interact with humans and give them their abilities was because the Kwami's were more powerful than God.

"Hmm... I really want to meet her..." Kagami, who now felt closer to Marinette as a friend, had wanted to know more about Marinette. She had missed her chance many times in the past, having gotten off on the wrong foot when they first met, and after that, they had this relationship where they fought for Adrien's attention, but were still semi-friendly with each other. Now, Kagami wanted to better their relationship.

"Hmm~. I don't think that it would go well. I think Marinette's actually embarrassed about her adoptive mother! She seems to be trying to hide her!" Lila, who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, immediately began to antagonize Marinette.

Then, hearing Lila's malicious accusation, everyone quickly glared at her. In the past, Lila wouldn't be so bold and remain in her "innocent victim" act, but after finding out that her class was filled with imbeciles, had become more arrogant.

"Lila...." Marinette, who had always been friendly with people, and tried to give them the benefit of the doubt, lowered her voice to a snarky tone. She didn't like her maman being disrespected. And she especially didn't want Lila disrespecting her maman.

"Well...I'd say it's good to see you again. But I don't like people who's embarrassed of the person who had saved them." The liar quickly spun her web of deception, intent on breaking the girl she had allowed to escape from her grasp.

And, like the imbeciles that they were, Lila's group, Alya, Ivan, Max, Nino, Alix, and Nathaniel easily believed it and had turned to look at Marinette in disgust.

Them, Marinette, who saw the way her old friends were looking at her, would have cried in the past. But no. Now, she was stronger, and she was better. "They didn't deserve your precious time and attention.", as her maman had said to her in the past.

"This...mother of yours definitely deserve better." Lila sneered as she saw that Marinette was surprisingly unaffected by her attack. Surprising, but not enough to cause her to stop from trying to do more.

However, after some time of no comebacks and just unnerving silence -even the other people in the dining area were quiet, but Lila didn't notice the look of amusement in their eyes.-, Lila decided to give Marinette the stink eye before turning around to leave.

But, as she turned around, she was met with something soft straight to the face. Actually, it was two soft "things".

Having not expected to be suddenly hitting something face first, Lila cursed, "What the-!", but she quickly cut herself off when she saw the most beautiful woman she had ever seen, and she was staring at her with such an contained, rage-filled gaze.

Then, in a mocking tone, Jasmine stared down Lila as she said, "I'd say it was nice to meet you. But...I don't like little girlies antagonizing my precious baby."

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[A/N: Hi! BTW, should Lila be damned to hell absolutely or....will she be Jasmine's abused slut....?]